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I want to use some sound effect from movies to a show i am doing in a fitness competition, but the quality i get when i am using the sound recorder in windows or the music program i plan to use (Audacity) i not good at all.

hi bestrong.dk,

I'm pretty new to music-related stuff myself, but if you look at the contents of a DVD it should have 2 folders like VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS, or something along those lines. I would imagine the files in the AUDIO_TS folder could be converted with Audacity, or if not, some other program might if you search for it.

I may be wrong, but this is what I think.

VividHazE.

that would work but its easier to search the sounds here. the way you say one would have to take the whole audio file and find the parts u want. i believe most of the cd's don't have the audio broken up. usually is just one long file. and on top of that u usually have to convert the file before most editors can do anything with it. but that depends on the editor.

if u have sound effects you want then post what they are and many of us will respond quickly cuz u can probably find them here.

you can use your method which is one way to do things. but i can't imagine a comp's sound recorder being very good. you'd more than likely get mad noise the comp's produces itself. so its something you'd probably want to aviod.

if u have a stand alone recorder that would probably be the easiest..say MD? (mini disc) something like that. connect it to the tv audio outs and jack the sounds that way..then edit it in audacity or what u use.

LS, if you use Minidisc, you still don't have the audio in a digital form in you PC. Unless you can make a digital connection between you Minidisc and you PC (optical or otherwise), you still have to use the analog input of your pc, which you don't want to do unless you have a really good soundcard. Ripping the audio directly from the DVD should give you the best results. (There are several programs that can do this but i don't have experience with these.) Of course you end up with some large files, and it will take some boring work to locate the sounds again, but at least you don't have to invest in extra equipment for a one time job.

But bestrong.dk, maybe you can improve the quality of the method you're using now enough, so you'll get results that are acceptable for what you need. This is what I do when I want to take sounds from radio or video that is streaming through my pjoeter in one way or another :

Use Audacity to make your recording while the DVD is playing. Make sure that in the windows volume controls (Start-Control Panel-Sounds and Audio Devices-Advanced if you use XP) every channel is put on "mute" (especially the "mic" channel) except for the channel that your DVD-player uses (Video or Wave?) and the overall "Volume Control". Adjust the Recording settings accordingly. (In the Volume Control Panel you have to choose Options-Properties-Recording.) Maybe you'll have to play around a bit to figure out what is what and to get the recording levels ok. But at least you should be able to capture what you hear without too much loss of sound quality.

Hope this helps.

W

bestrong.dk
I want to use some sound effect from movies to a show i am doing in a fitness competition, but the quality i get when i am using the sound recorder in windows or the music program i plan to use (Audacity) i not good at all.

FFmpeg provides the hooks to extract audio and video from DVD "AUDIO TS" and "VIDEO TS" resources as long as they are not copyprotected.

http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/index.php

There are number of applications that add graphic user interfaces to FFmpeg. I think you'll find a good list linked in:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg

I recently used FFmpegX (Mac application) to extract video and audio (http://homepage.mac.com/major4/). Note that you'll need to copy the files from the DVD to a hard drive--otherwise the application will balk.

HTH,

-- Paul

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There is no content usually in AUDIO_TS, the sound is multiplexed with the video. A good video player that can separate the sound streams is videolan. Alternatively it is possible to use mplayer. Another method is to use a video ripping program like acidrip and only get the sound.

I was into this for a while and stopped.
I can offer that I got every right answer on the best/fastest route to doing these things from
http://www.afterdawn.com/
They were a real gem amidst confusion when DVD standards were a nightmare for me.
Now I'm sure there are better more GUI friendly applications for people available that the ones I became familiar.
DVD audio tools page: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/audio_software/audio_tools/

WIM. i was under the impression he had a really good sound card

like most of us do.

I don't know if you're still trying to rip some sound f/x from that DVD, but it brings up some interesting issues and there are some things I think you should know.

Let me say, of course, that I don't really know if any of this is completely accurate or okay. :?

1. Any ripping of audio from a commercial DVD that involves *decrypting* the audio data is, technically, illegal. (Note that this is what most software will do.) The sad fact of it is, it's illegal to decrypt a DVD in any way because it is a violation of a copy protection scheme. DMCA = No de-CSS-ing, period.

2. In spite of this ridiculous problem, what you're doing sounds like an instance of "fair use." Fair Use says that you can use a short clip if you want to, even if RIAA/MPAA/etc don't think it does. You only want to use a clip, and you're not really distributing the final product--so why not grab a short sample? Isn't that what this site is all about, anyway? Sharing such things?

3. I guess you could record the line-in on your sound card. Most decent sound editing programs should be able to do this. If you play the DVD in your DVD player and route its sound to the microphone on your computer (you can do this without a mic--just use cables), you have effectively worked around the decryption problem.

If you want a good site to start looking through for DVD and/or audio and/or video conversion, check out Doom9 <http://www.doom9.org/>.

what you really want is an app that records the output of your soundcard or that diverts it to your recording app. for a pc i dont know but i use wire tap or audio hijack.
that way you can cue up the part you want without having to upload a whole file & you get no added noise either.

argotechnica
In spite of this ridiculous problem, what you're doing sounds like an instance of "fair use." Fair Use says that you can use a short clip if you want to...

argotechnica
...so why not grab a short sample? Isn't that what this site is all about, anyway? Sharing such things?

ramjac
what you really want is an app that records the output of your soundcard or that diverts it to your recording app. for a pc i dont know but i use wire tap or audio hijack.
that way you can cue up the part you want without having to upload a whole file & you get no added noise either.

this is the best way to do it on a mac! maybe they have a PC version or maybe u a mac user? It's free as well - as long as you don't want advanced features.

I think pretty much everything is fair use if you are just mucking around in ya bed room studio and havin some fun! Why not even send those demo's to the record labels - if they sign you then they will have a legal dept.

because of course as every one knows that since around 1989 if you plan to distribute what you do then you will need to clear the samples......

and talking about movies...

I hate the way those fat cat american movie makers make me watch FBI warnings at the start of movies.... even more annoying when you get it in 3 languages.... jeeez!

region coding? wtf is that about? So I buy the movie and cant watch it when I move continents... why not? It's my goddam disc!

These lawyers really can take it too far - seems like they want to squeeze extra cash out of us - isn't watching my own disc where ever I want to fair use?

And thee music guys just as bad I remember the price hike when it went from LP to CD - it never went down...... Some disc can't be ripped - I prefer to have my collection all in itunes - isn't it fair use for me to do that? I bought the CD- and it wouldn't read - it had the CD logo yet didn't comply with the CD standard.

Yeah seriously, region codes and DRM are bullshit. Region codes are to limit the free market... so if they want to release a film in japan on DVD, then later have americans go see it in theaters AND buy a dvd at a different price, they can. It's harder for us to just buy it from japan before the U.S. release date, and then not have to see it in theaters at all (which would probably be a big slash in profits for the company... and also it would be out of their control.)

And DRM is insanity. It's illegal to park on a red curb. Do car manufacturers install devices that automatically lock your brakes as soon as you get near to a red curb? No!

Laws are laws, but what gives companies the right to control what we can do with music we've bought and paid for? They have no right to tell me how many CDs I can burn of it, whether I can convert it to another format, etc.

They need to wrap their heads around the fact that they are in need of a new business model. Who wants to pay eighteen bucks for a CD that costs 80 cents to make, where most of the money goes to the pockets of the studio!? Especially with the same old crap that fills the shelves of music stores nowadays.

I think the iTunes store's business model is the way to go. Cheaper for the studio, cheaper for the consumer, and you get to pick what you like. If only they got rid of the stupid DRM...